List of Icelandic flags
The following is a list of Icelandic flags.
National flag and State flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1944–present | National flag and civil ensign | A blue flag with a red Scandinavian Cross, fimbriated white. Used unofficially in 1913-1915, and as a territorial symbol as of 1915 until 1944 when the Republic of Iceland was established. Current color scheme established in 1944. The dimensions of the flag are 7:1:2:1:14 horizontally and 7:1:2:1:7 vertically; ratio: 18:25 |
.svg.png) | 1919–present | State flag | Ratio: 37:18 |
Governmental flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1944–present | President's flag | The State Emblem charged in the center. Ratio: 37:18 |
 | 1944–present | Customs ensign. |
Military flag
See also: Military of Iceland
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| | 1944–present | War flag and Naval ensign used by the Icelandic Coast Guard, Iceland Air Defence System, Icelandic Crisis Response Unit | ratio: 37:18 |
Historical flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.png) | 1809 | Flag of Iceland during the reign of King Jörundur | Three stockfishes in the first quarter on a blue field |
 | 1855-? | Standard of the Vestmannaeyjar Battalion (Herfylkingin) | A red saltire cross on a white field |
 | until 1915 | Flag of Denmark | |
 | 1915–1944[1] | National flag and civil ensign of Iceland | It is almost identical to the newer Icelandic flag but this has a lighter blue color. |
.svg.png) | 1915–1944[2] | War flag and Naval ensign of Iceland | It is almost identical to the newer Icelandic flag but this has a lighter blue color, just like the normal flag, above. |
.svg.png) | 1921–1944[3] | Royal Standard of the King of Iceland | Crowned Gyrfalcon on a blue field |
.svg.png) | 1941–1944[4] | Standard of the Regent of Iceland | State flag of Iceland charged with a capital gold R on a rectangular panel |
Unofficial flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.png) | 19th - early 20th century | Flag used by the independence movement | A Gyrfalcon on a blue field |
 | Flag proposal. | White with a sky-blue cross with a white and blue stripe on either side. The flag committee of 1913 presented two proposals, the current flag and this flag. | |
 | Republican flag | Unofficial flag used by the republicans in the early 1900s. This flag was rejected by the flag committee of 1913 as it was considered too similar to the flag of Sweden and the Greek naval ensign. |
See also
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